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SCLERIA ZEYLANICA Poir. in Lam. Encycl. 7 (1806) 3 p. p.; C. B. 

 Clarke in Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 104; Merr. Fl. Manila 

 (1912) 120. 

 Luzon (Ilocos Norte, Bulacan, Rizal), Merrill 3665, Phil. PI. 14-51, B. S. 

 27626, 10905, 21688, 22001 Ramos. In open rather wet places at low alti- 

 tudes. India through Malaya to New Caledonia. 



Local names: Daat-babae (Tag.) ; daat-parang (Tag.) ; pugad-pugad 

 (Tag.). 



DOUBTFUL SPECIES 



Scleria macrophylia Presl Rel. Haenk. 1 (1828) 200; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 

 3 (1857) 343; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1882) 310. 



"Hab. in insula Luzon" Presl. This has been reduced to Scleria bancana 

 Miq. with which Presl's description does not remotely agree. In its leaves 

 being 16 lines broad, its panicle a foot long and much branched, and in its 

 fruits being the size of a pea Scleria macrophylia Presl does not agree with 

 any of the known Philippine or Indo-Malayan species, but apparently be- 

 longs in the group of Scleria macrocarpa Nees. Presl's type was doubtless 

 from South America or Mexico, not from the Philippines. 



23. DIPLACRUM R. Brown 



DIPLACRUM CARICINUM R. Br. Prodr. (1910) 241; C. B. Clarke in 

 Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 106; Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 121. 

 Scleria caricina Benth. Fl. Austral. 7 (1878) 426; F.-Vill. Novis. 

 App. (1882) 309. 



Luzon (Abra, Tarlac, Rizal, Camarines), Panay, Bucas Grande, Minda- 

 nao, Merrill 3626, 8236, Loher 7157, B. S. 35031+ Ramos & Pascasio, 30954, 

 33507 Ramos & Edano. In open grasslands at low and medium altitudes. 

 India to southern China through Malaya to tropical Australia. 



24. UNCINIA Persoon 



UNCINIA RUPESTRIS Raoul in Ann. Sci. Nat. Ill 2 (1844) 117 var. 

 CAPILLACEA Kukenth. in Engl. Pflanzenreich 38 (1909) 64, Philip. 

 Journ. Sci. 6 (1911) Bot. 58; Merr. op. cit. 5 (1910) Bot. 334. 



Luzon (Benguet, Laguna), Mindanao (Davao), B. S. 19560 Ramos, F. B, 

 1614,0 Curran, Merritt, & Zschokke. In the mossy forest on Mts. Pulog, 

 Banahao, and Apo, altitude 2,200 to 2,500 m. New Zealand, Tasmania. 



Local name: Loniai (Bag.). 



25. CAR EX Linnaeus 



CAR EX BACCANS Nees in Wight Contrib. (1834) 122; C. B. Clarke in 

 Curtis's Bot. Mag. Ill 49 (1893) t. 7288, Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 37 

 (1904) 14, Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 108; Merr. op. cit. 5 

 (1910) Bot. 334; Kukenth. in Engl. Pflanzenreich 38 (1909) 258, 

 /. 39 E-H, Philip. Journ. Sci. 6 (1911) Bot. 59. 



Luzon (Bontoc, Lepanto, Benguet). In damp thickets and in the mossy 

 forest on the higher mountains, altitude 1,600 to 2,400 m. Himalayan 

 region to southern China, Formosa, Sumatra, and Java. 



Local names: Gihidsan (Bon.); silak (Ig.) ; mankat (Ig.). 



